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Robert S. Abbott
Chicago Defender, 1905–1940

Benjamin Abrams
Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation, 1922–1966

Leonard Abramson
US Healthcare, 1975–1996

Kenneth S. Adams
Phillips Petroleum Company, 1938–1951

Thomas Adams, Jr.
American Chicle Company, 1899–1922

Terrence E. Adderley
Kelly Services, 1967–Present

Howard F. Ahmanson
H. F. Ahmanson & Company, 1927–1968

Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.
Electronic Data Systems, 1986–1998

Winthrop W. Aldrich
Chase National Bank, 1930–1953

Archie A. Alexander
Alexander & Repass, 1914–1954

Henry C. Alexander
Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1959–1967

William M. Allen
Boeing Company, 1945–1969

Howard L. Aller
American Power and Light Company, 1935–1951

Stanley C. Allyn
National Cash Register Company, 1940–1961

Arthur E. Andersen
Arthur Andersen and Company, 1913–1947

Robert O. Anderson
Atlantic Richfield Company, 1965–1982

Paul R. Andrews
Prentice-Hall, 1965–1970

Walter H. Annenberg
Triangle Publications, 1942–1968

Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden Company, 1910–1966

J. Ogden Armour
Armour and Company, 1901–1923

C. Michael Armstrong
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1997–2002

Desiderio A. Arnaz
Desilu Productions, 1950–1962

Roy L. Ash
Litton Industries, 1961–1972

Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1963–1987

H. Brewster Atwater, Jr.
General Mills, 1981–1995

Beatrice F. Auerbach
G. Fox & Company, 1938–1965

J. Paul Austin
Coca-Cola Company, 1966–1980

Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery, Ward and Company, 1936–1955

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Earl D. Babst
American Sugar Refining, 1915–1937

Jules S. Bache
J. S. Bache & Company, 1892–1944

Leo H. Baekeland
Bakelite Corporation, 1909–1939

Melvin H. Baker
National Gypsum Company, 1928–1951

Frank C. Ball
Ball Brothers Company, 1887–1943

Ian K. Ballantine
Ballantine Books, 1952–1974

Louis F. Bantle
UST, 1973–1993

Ohio C. Barber
Diamond Match Company, 1888–1909

Don H. Barden
Barden Communications, 1981–Present

Enos M. Barton
Western Electric Company, 1886–1908

Bruce Barton
Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn, 1919–1936

Carol Bartz
Autodesk, 1992–2006

Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch Brothers, 1903–1916

William M. Batten
JCPenney Company, 1958–1974

Frank Batten
Landmark Communications, 1967–1998

Edward Bausch
Bausch and Lomb Company, 1926–1935

Vaughn L. Beals, Jr.
Harley-Davidson, 1981–1996

Leon L. Bean
L. L. Bean, 1912–1967

Amos L. Beaty
Texaco, 1920–1926

Howard O. Beaver, Jr.
Carpenter Technology Corporation, 1971–1983

Hans W. Becherer
Deere & Company, 1989–2000

Stephen D. Bechtel
Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960

Garner A. Beckett
American Cement Corporation, 1936–1957

Arnold O. Beckman
Beckman Instruments, 1935–1982

Edward T. Bedford
Corn Products Refining Company, 1906–1930

Edward J. Bednarz
Pinkerton's, 1967–1979

Olive Ann M. Beech
Beech Aircraft Corporation, 1950–1968

Eugene N. Beesley
Eli Lilly & Company, 1969–1973

Hernand Behn
International Telephone and Telegraph, 1920–1933

Sosthenes Behn
International Telephone and Telegraph, 1933–1956

William B. Bell
American Cyanamid Company, 1922–1950

James S. Bell
Washburn, Crosby Milling Company, 1889–1915

Glen W. Bell
Taco Bell Corporation, 1962–1975

Henry H. Benedict
Remington Typewriter Company, 1895–1913

Robert F. Bensinger
Brunswick, 1930–1963

Michel C. Bergerac
Revlon, 1975–1985

William Bernbach
Doyle Dane Bernbach, 1949–1976

Edward J. Berwind
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company, 1886–1930

Gordon M. Bethune
Continental Airlines, 1994–2004

Jeffrey P. Bezos
Amazon.com, 1994–Present

John D. Biggers
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, 1930–1953

Gordon M. Binder
Amgen, 1988–2000

Stephen Birch
Kennecott Copper, 1915–1933

Clarence Birdseye
General Seafood's Company, 1924–1929

William Blackie
Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1963–1977

Harold Blancke
Celanese Corporation of America, 1946–1966

Henry W. Bloch
H & R Block, 1978–1992

Richard A. Bloch
H & R Block, 1955–1978

Michael R. Bloomberg
Bloomberg, L. P., 1982–2001

Charles G. Bluhdorn
Gulf and Western, 1958–1983

W. Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corporation, 1967–1976

William E. Boeing
Boeing Company, 1916–1934

Harold Boeschenstein
Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company, 1938–1963

John C. Bogle
The Vanguard Group, 1974–1995

Elizabeth E. Boit
Winship, Boit, & Company, 1888–1928

J. Chadbourn Bolles
Chadbourn, 1936–1970

Fred J. Borch
General Electric Company, 1963–1972

Lawrence A. Bossidy
AlliedSignal, Inc., 1991–1999

Marvin Bower
McKinsey & Company, 1950–1967

Horace Bowker
American Agricultural Chemical Company, 1929–1937

Joseph A. Boyd
Harris Corporation, 1972–1986

Joseph Boyer
Burroughs Adding Machine Company, 1905–1920

Francis Boyer
Smith Kline & French Laboratories, 1951–1958

Milton Bradley
Milton Bradley Company, 1864–1911

Thomas E. Braniff
Braniff Airways, 1930–1954

Joseph D. Brenner
AMP, 1972–1982

Stephen F. Briggs
Outboard Motors Corporation, 1929–1963

James L. Broadhead
FPL Group, 1989–2000

Charles F. Brooker
American Brass Company, 1900–1920

Charles L. Brown
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1979–1986

Herman Brown
Brown and Root, 1929–1962

Lewis H. Brown
Johns-Manville Corporation, 1929–1946

Francis C. Brown
Schering Corporation, 1943–1966

John W. Brown
Stryker Corporation, 1977–2004

Owsley Brown II
Brown-Forman Corporation, 1993–2003

John Y. Brown, Jr.
Kentucky Fried Chicken Company, 1964–1973

Alvin G. Brush
American Home Products, 1935–1965

John H. Bryan, Jr.
Sara Lee Corporation, 1975–2000

Edward G. Budd
E. G. Budd Company, 1912–1946

Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railroad, 1919–1932

Herbert P. Buetow
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1953–1963

Warren E. Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway, 1969–Present

Morgan G. Bulkeley
Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1879–1922

Arde Bulova
Bulova Watch Company, 1930–1958

Steven A. Burd
Safeway, 1993–Present

James E. Burke
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1976–1989

Leo Burnett
Leo Burnett Company, 1935–1971

Duane L. Burnham
Abbott Laboratories, 1990–1999

David Burpee
W. A. Burpee Company, 1917–1970

Washington A. Burpee
W. A. Burpee Company, 1878–1915

Donald C. Burr
People Express Airlines, 1980–1986

Thomas J. Burrell
Burrell Advertising, 1971–2003

Robert N. Burt
FMC Corporation, 1991–2001

Adolphus Busch
Anheuser-Busch Brewery, 1880–1913

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Vincent A. Calarco
Crompton Corporation, 1985–2004

Philip Caldwell
Ford Motor Company, 1979–1985

D. Wayne Calloway
PepsiCo, 1986–1996

Asa G. Candler
Coca-Cola Company, 1886–1916

Charles A. Cannon
Cannon Mills Company, 1921–1971

James W. Cannon
Cannon Mills Company, 1887–1921

Floyd L. Carlisle
St. Regis Paper Company, 1916–1934

Curtis L. Carlson
Gold Bond Stamp Company / Carlson Companies, 1938–1998

Edward E. Carlson
United Airlines, 1971–1979

Hattie Carnegie
Hattie Carnegie, 1909–1956

Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
DuPont Corporation, 1940–1948

Willis H. Carrier
Carrier Corporation, 1914–1948

Edward W. Carter
Carter Hawley Hale, 1946–1977

Frank T. Cary
IBM, 1973–1981

Stephen M. Case
America Online, 1985–2001

James E. Casey
United Parcel Service, 1907–1962

Louis S. Cates
Phelps-Dodge Company, 1930–1947

John T. Chambers
Cisco Systems, 1994–Present

Harry Chandler
Los Angeles Times, 1917–1940

Roy D. Chapin
Hudson Motor Company, 1909–1923

Owen R. Cheatham
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 1927–1967

Robert A. Chesebrough
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, 1875–1909

Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation, 1924–1935

Hugh J. Chisholm
International Paper Company, 1899–1907

Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation, 1924–1935

Elisabeth Claiborne
Liz Claiborne, 1976–1989

James H. Clark
Silicon Graphics, 1981–1994

Catherine T. Clark
Brownberry Ovens, 1946–1972

Richard W. Clark
Dick Clark Productions, 1956–2007

Howard L. Clark
American Express Company, 1960–1977

William L. Clayton
Anderson, Clayton and Company, 1904–1940

Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 1935–1948

Charles A. Coffin
General Electric Company, 1892–1913

Ben Cohen
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, 1978–1994

Wilton D. Cole
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1956–1963

Gilbert Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1920–1928

Samuel B. Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1933–1938

John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Company, 1939–1953

Samuel P. Colt
United States Rubber Company, 1892–1918

Herman Cone II
Cone Mills Corporation, 1938–1950

John T. Connor
Merck & Company, 1955–1964

Carle C. Conway
Continental Can Company, 1926–1959

Willibald H. Conzen
Schering-Plough Corporation, 1966–1978

Scott D. Cook
Intuit, 1983–1994

Lodwrick M. Cook
Atlantic Richfield Company, 1985–1995

Adolph Coors
Adolph Coors Brewing Company, 1873–1923

Peter H. Coors
Adolph Coors Brewing Company, 1993–2000

William K. Coors
Adolph Coors Brewing Company, 1970–1993

Ira C. Copley
Western Utility Corporation, 1905–1926

Helen K. Copley
Copley Newspapers, 1973–1997

Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric Company, 1950–1963

William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation, 1903–1911

Joshua S. Cosden
Cosden & Company, 1914–1923

Charles L. Coughlin
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, 1935–1970

Robert L. Crandall
American Airlines, 1985–1998

Richard T. Crane
Crane Company, 1859–1912

Richard T. Crane, Jr.
Crane Company, 1914–1931

Frederick C. Crawford
Thompson Products, 1933–1958

Joseph W. Crosby
Thiokol Corporation, 1947–1963

Bert S. Cross
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1963–1969

F. Trammell Crow
Trammell Crow Company, 1947–1986

Henry P. Crowell
Quaker Oats Company, 1901–1922

Henry Crown
Material Service Corporation, 1921–1941

Richard J. Cullen
International Paper Company, 1936–1948

John W. Culligan
American Home Products, 1981–1986

Joseph S. Cullinan
Texaco, 1902–1913

Joseph F. Cullman III
Philip Morris Companies, 1957–1979

Bernard M. Culver
Continental Insurance Company, 1932–1946

Nathan Cummings
Consolidated Foods, 1939–1975

Harry B. Cunningham
S. S. Kresge Company/K Mart, 1959–1972

Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors Corporation, 1953–1958

Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Curtis Publishing Company, 1879–1932

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C. Donald Dallas
Revere Copper and Brass, 1931–1947

William H. Danforth
Ralston Purina Company, 1894–1932

Justin Dart
United Drug Company, 1943–1980

Charles S. Davis
Borg-Warner Corporation, 1928–1950

Arthur V. Davis
Alcoa, 1910–1928

James E. Davis
Winn-Dixie Stores, 1946–1983

Francis B. Davis Jr.
United States Rubber Company, 1929–1942

Max De Pree
Herman Miller, 1980–1987

Edward DeBartolo
Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, 1948–1994

Arthur J. Decio
Skyline Corporation, 1959–1998

Alonzo G. Decker, Jr.
Black & Decker Corporation, 1964–1975

Robert F. Dee
SmithKline Corporation, 1972–1982

Michael Dell
Dell Computer Corporation, 1984–Present

Jerry Della Femina
Della Femina and Travisano, 1967–1986

Fred DeLuca
Subway Sandwiches, 1965–Present

Henry S. Dennison
Dennison Manufacturing Company, 1912–1952

Richard R. Deupree
Procter & Gamble Company, 1930–1948

Richard M. DeVos
Amway Corporation, 1959–1992

Robert E. Dewar
K-Mart Corporation, 1972–1979

Morse G. Dial
Union Carbide Corporation, 1952–1963

Alfred B. Dick
A. B. Dick and Company, 1883–1934

Alfred B. Dick Jr.
A. B. Dick and Company, 1934–1947

Earl B. Dickerson
Supreme Life Insurance Company of America, 1956–1971

Walter E. Disney
Walt Disney Company, 1929–1966

Leland I. Doan
Dow Chemical Corporation, 1947–1962

Ronald W. Dollens
Guidant Corporation, 1994–2004

James C. Donnell
Ohio Oil Company, 1911–1927

Otto D. Donnell
Ohio Oil Company, 1927–1948

Frederic G. Donner
General Motors Corporation, 1958–1967

Georges F. Doriot
American R&D Corporation, 1946–1972

Arthur C. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company, 1930–1946

John T. Dorrance
Campbell Soup Company, 1914–1930

Frank N. Doubleday
Doubleday and Company, 1897–1927

Nelson Doubleday
Doubleday and Company, 1928–1946

Donald W. Douglas
Douglas Aircraft Company, 1928–1957

Herbert H. Dow
Dow Chemical Corporation, 1897–1930

Willard H. Dow
Dow Chemical Corporation, 1930–1947

Harrington Drake
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, 1975–1984

Millard S. Drexler
Gap, 1995–2002

Camille Dreyfus
Celanese Corporation of America, 1918–1945

John F. Dryden
Prudential Life Insurance Company, 1881–1911

Lammot du Pont
DuPont Corporation, 1926–1940

Pierre S. du Pont
DuPont Corporation, 1915–1919

Thomas C. du Pont
DuPont Corporation, 1902–1915

David Duffield
PeopleSoft, 1987–1999

James B. Duke
American Tobacco Company, 1890–1912

William Durant
General Motors Corporation, 1916–1920

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George Eastman
Eastman Kodak Company, 1881–1923

Robert J. Eaton
Chrysler Corporation, 1993–1998

Jack M. Eckerd
Eckerd Corporation, 1952–1974

Bernard A. Edison
Edison Brothers Stores, 1968–1987

Richard J. Egan
EMC Corporation, 1979–1991

Louis K. Eilers
Eastman Kodak Company, 1967–1972

Michael D. Eisner
Walt Disney Company, 1984–2005

Lawrence J. Ellison
Oracle Corporation, 1977–Present

Victor Emanuel
AVCO, 1939–1960

John C. Emery, Jr.
Emery Air Freight, 1968–1987

John C. Emery, Sr.
Emery Air Freight, 1946–1967

Roger A. Enrico
PepsiCo, 1996–2001

Ole Evinrude
Outboard Motors Corporation, 1920–1928

John A. Ewald
Avon Products, 1944–1967

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Lothar W. Faber
Eberhard-Faber Company, 1898–1943

Max (Francis) Factor, Jr.
Max Factor Company, 1938–1973

Frank J. Fahey
Gillette Company, 1913–1931

William A. Fairburn
Diamond Match Company, 1915–1947

Benjamin F. Fairless
United States Steel Corporation, 1935–1953

Otto H. Falk
Allis-Chalmers Company, 1913–1932

Walter A. Fallon
Eastman Kodak Company, 1972–1983

William S. Farish
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1937–1942

James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation, 1911–1932

Marshall Field
Marshall Field and Company, 1867–1906

Marshall Field III
Field Enterprises (Chicago Sun/Parade Publications), 1941–1956

Debra J. S. Fields
Mrs. Fields Cookies, 1977–1996

Edward A. Filene
Filene's, 1908–1928

Paul Fireman
Reebok International, 1979–2006

Harvey S. Firestone
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1900–1932

Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1941–1963

Frederick J. Fisher
Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926

Herman G. Fisher
Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966

Donald G. Fisher
Gap, 1969–1995

Donald V. Fites
Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999

Henry M. Flagler
Florida East Coast Railway, 1886–1913

Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company, 1906–1918

Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979

Edward A. Fox
Student Loan Marketing Association, 1973–1990

William Fox
Fox Film Company, 1915–1929

Clarence Francis
General Foods Corporation, 1935–1943

John M. Franklin
United States Lines, 1946–1960

Frank M. Freimann
Magnavox Company, 1950–1967

Jack Frye
Trans-World Airlines, 1934–1947

Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Lehman Brothers and Company, 1994–2008

Alfred C. Fuller
Fuller Brush Company, 1906–1943

Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishing Company, 1933–1957

Richard M. Furlaud
Squibb Corporation, 1968–1989

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Henry W. Gadsden
Merck & Company, 1965–1975

Ernest Gallo
Gallo (E. & J.) Winery, 1933–1993

Paul V. Galvin
Motorola, 1928–1956

Robert W. Galvin
Motorola, 1956–1986

Frank E. Gannett
Gannett Company, 1906–1957

Edward G. Gardner
Soft Sheen Products, 1964–1985

Arthur G. Gaston
Booker T. Washington Insurance, 1932–1987

William H. Gates III
Microsoft Corporation, 1975–2000

Stanley C. Gault
Rubbermaid, 1980–1991

David L. Geffen
Geffen Records, 1984–1989

Richard L. Gelb
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1972–1994

Harold S. Geneen
International Telephone and Telegraph, 1959–1977

William W. George
Medtronic, 1991–2000

Daniel F. Gerber
Gerber Products Company, 1917–1945

Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.
Gerber Products Company, 1945–1974

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
IBM, 1993–2002

Jean Paul Getty
Getty Oil Company, 1956–1976

Amadeo Peter Giannini
Bank of America, 1904–1936

Lawrence M. Giannini
Bank of America, 1936–1952

Fred M. Gibbons
Software Publishing Company, 1980–1994

Truman K. Gibson
Supreme Life Insurance Company of America, 1919–1955

Vincent A. Gierer, Jr.
UST, 1993–Present

Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1925–1948

Frank L. Gillespie
Liberty Life Insurance, 1919–1925

King C. Gillette
Gillette Company, 1901–1913

Raymond V. Gilmartin
Merck & Company, 1994–2005

Bernard F. Gimbel
Gimbel Brothers Department Stores, 1925–1953

Isaac Gimbel
Gimbel Brothers Department Stores, 1894–1925

Tom M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation, 1930–1937

David D. Glass
Wal-Mart Corporation, 1988–2000

Roberto C. Goizueta
Coca-Cola Company, 1981–1997

Leonard H. Goldenson
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters, 1949–1986

Stanley P. Goldstein
Melville Corporation, 1987–1998

Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Productions, 1916–1959

Harvey Golub
American Express Company, 1993–2001

Melvin R. Goodes
Warner-Lambert Corporation, 1991–1999

James H. Goodnight
SAS Institute, 1976–Present

Albert H. Gordon
Kidder, Peabody Group, 1931–1968

Berry Gordy, Jr.
Motown Records Corporation, 1959–1986

J. Peter Grace
W. R. Grace and Company, 1945–1992

Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1916–1957

William B. Graham
Baxter International, 1953–1980

Katharine M. Graham
Washington Post, 1963–1979

William T. Grant
W. T. Grant Company, 1906–1924

Earl G. Graves
Black Enterprise Magazine, 1970–Present

Bowman Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1924–1935

Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad, 1920–1937

Bowman Gray, Jr.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1957–1967

James A. Gray, Jr.
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1935–1949

Adolphus W. Green
National Biscuit Company, 1905–1917

Alan C. Greenberg
Bear Stearns Companies, 1978–1993

Maurice R. Greenberg
American International Group, 1967–1989

Crawford H. Greenewalt
DuPont Corporation, 1948–1967

Dick Griffey
Dick Griffey Productions, 1977–Present

Mervyn E. Griffin, Jr.
Griffin Productions, 1963–1985

Eugene P. Grisanti
International Flavors & Fragrances, 1985–1999

Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, 1934–1956

Andrew S. Grove
Intel, 1987–1998

Robert C. Guccione
Penthouse International Limited, 1965–2003

Daniel Guggenheim
American Smelting and Refining Company, 1900–1919

William Guthy
Guthy-Renker Corporation, 1988–2004

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Otto Haas
Rohm and Haas Company, 1909–1960

Walter A. Haas
Levi Strauss and Company, 1922–1957

Walter A. Haas, Jr.
Levi Strauss and Company, 1958–1976

Patrick E. Haggerty
Texas Instruments, 1958–1976

Joyce C. Hall
Hallmark Cards, 1910–1966

Erle P. Halliburton
Halliburton, 1920–1956

Armand Hammer
Occidental Oil Company, 1957–1990

John P. Harbin
Halliburton, 1972–1982

Edward G. Harness
Procter & Gamble Company, 1974–1981

Lore Harp
Vector Graphics, 1976–1984

C. Michael Harper
ConAgra, 1975–1993

Ralph A. Hart
Heublein, 1965–1970

George H. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1878–1915

John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, 1920–1949

Stephen D. Hassenfeld
Hasbro Toys, 1979–1989

Harold V. Haverty
Deluxe Corporation, 1986–1995

William R. Hearst
American Newspapers, 1887–1937

Christine A. Hefner
Playboy Enterprises, 1988–2001

Hugh M. Hefner
Playboy Enterprises, 1953–1988

John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1891–1918

Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1994–2001

Henry J. Heinz
H. J. Heinz Company, 1905–1919

Howard Heinz
H. J. Heinz Company, 1919–1941

Henry J. Heinz II
H. J. Heinz Company, 1941–1966

Bruce D. Henderson
Boston Consulting Group, 1968–1980

Henry F. Henderson, Jr.
Henderson (H. F.) Industries, 1952–Present

Paul C. Henshaw
Homestake Mining Company, 1971–1982

Stuart K. Hensley
Warner-Lambert Corporation, 1967–1972

Paul Henson
United Utilities/Sprint Corporation, 1966–1990

Alonzo B. Hepburn
Chase National Bank, 1904–1911

Alonzo F. Herndon
Atlanta Life Insurance Company, 1905–1927

Ray W. Herrick
Tecumseh Products, 1930–1972

Milton S. Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Company, 1900–1941

John D. Hertz
Yellow Cab Company, 1915–1929

Raymond H. Herzog
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1975–1979

Leon Hess
Amerada Hess, 1933–1995

William R. Hewlett
Hewlett-Packard Company, 1969–1978

Frank G. Hickey
General Instrument Corporation, 1978–1990

Wayne Hicklin
Avon Products, 1967–1972

John M. Hiebert
Sterling Drug, 1955–1972

E. G. Higdon
Maytag Corporation, 1962–1973

Andrew J. Higgins
Higgins Industries, 1930–1952

George W. Hill
American Tobacco Company, 1925–1946

James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad, 1882–1907

Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railroad, 1907–1912

Conrad N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels Corporation, 1946–1966

Samuel F. Hinkle
Hershey Foods Corporation, 1956–1965

Charles E. Hires
Charles E. Hires Company, 1890–1918

Dee Ward Hock
VISA, 1970–1984

Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corporation, 1935–1948

Philip B. Hofmann
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1963–1973

Hale Holden
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 1920–1929

Eugene Holman
Exxon Corporation, 1944–1960

Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Company, 1930–1948

Elon H. Hooker
Hooker Chemical Company, 1909–1938

Herbert W. Hoover
Hoover Company, 1922–1954

Herbert W. Hoover, Jr.
Hoover Company, 1954–1966

John J. Horan
Merck & Company, 1976–1985

George A. Hormel
Hormel and Company, 1891–1929

Jay C. Hormel
Hormel and Company, 1929–1945

Amos Hostetter, Jr.
Continental Cablevision, 1963–1996

Alanson B. Houghton
Corning Glass Company, 1910–1930

Amory Houghton
Corning Glass Company, 1930–1960

Amory Houghton, Jr.
Corning Glass Company, 1964–1982

Ivan J. Houston
Golden State Insurance, 1970–1990

Norman O. Houston
Golden State Insurance, 1945–1970

Joseph L. Hudson
Hudson (J. L.) Company, 1881–1912

Harold J. Hudson, Jr.
General Reinsurance Corporation, 1971–1983

George A. Hughes
Hughes Electric Heating Company, 1908–1940

Howard R. Hughes, Jr.
Hughes Aircraft Company, 1933–1976

H. Wayne Huizenga
Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation, 1986–1994

George M. Humphrey
Hanna (M. A.) & Company, 1929–1952

Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt Oil Company, 1936–1974

Jon M. Huntsman
Huntsman Corporation, 1970–2000

Peter F. Hurst
Aeroquip Corporation, 1945–1969

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Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca
Chrysler Corporation, 1979–1993

Carl C. Icahn
Icahn & Company, 1968–Present

Michael Ilitch
Little Caesar's Enterprises, 1959–Present

Martha R. Ingram
Ingram Industries, 1995–1999

Samuel Insull
Middle West Utilities Company, 1912–1932

William Irrgang
Lincoln Electric Company, 1954–1986

F. Kenneth Iverson
Nucor Corporation, 1965–1996

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Irwin M. Jacobs
Qualcomm, 1985–Present

Allen F. Jacobson
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1986–1991

John K. Jamieson
Exxon Corporation, 1969–1975

Edward G. Jefferson
DuPont Corporation, 1981–1986

Richard H. Jenrette
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, 1973–1985

Steven P. Jobs
Apple Computer, 1975–1983

George F. Johnson
Endicott-Johnson Company, 1920–1930

Eldridge R. Johnson
Victor Talking Machine Company, 1901–1927

Robert H. Johnson
Ingersoll-Rand Company, 1955–1966

James W. Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1910–1932

Robert W. Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1885–1910

Howard D. Johnson
Howard Johnson's, 1925–1964

Herbert F. Johnson
Johnson Wax Company, 1928–1966

John H. Johnson
Johnson Publishing Company, 1942–2002

Robert L. Johnson
Black Entertainment Television, 1980–2001

David W. Johnson
Campbell Soup Company, 1990–1997

Edward C. Johnson II
Fidelity Investments, 1946–1972

Samuel C. Johnson II
Johnson Wax Company, 1966–1979

Edward C. Johnson III
Fidelity Investments, 1977–Present

Robert W. Johnson, Jr.
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1932–1938

Reginald H. Jones
General Electric Company, 1972–1981

Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1933–1939

W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Company, 1940–1953

John E. Jonsson
Texas Instruments, 1951–1958

Henry B. Joy
Packard Motor Car Company, 1905–1916

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Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser Industries, 1914–1956

Bruce E. Karatz
KB Home, 1986–Present

Mitchell P. Kartalia
Square D Company, 1968–1983

Ewing M. Kauffman
Marion Laboratories, 1950–1989

Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Company, 1963–1981

Daniel C. Keefe
Ingersoll-Rand Company, 1936–1954

Herbert D. Kelleher
Southwest Airlines Company, 1967–2001

Kaufman T. Keller
Chrysler Corporation, 1935–1950

Will K. Kellogg
Kellogg Company, 1906–1939

William R. Kelly
Kelly Services, 1946–1967

Erwin Kelm
Cargill, 1961–1976

Donald M. Kendall
PepsiCo, 1963–1986

Henry P. Kendall
Kendall Company, 1912–1959

Donald S. Kennedy
OGE Energy Corporation, 1949–1976

Arthur A. Kent
Atwater Kent Company, 1902–1936

William F. Kerby
Dow Jones & Company, 1966–1975

William T. Kerr
Meredith Corporation, 1997–Present

Bernard Kilgore
Wall Street Journal, 1945–1966

John A. Kimberly
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1880–1928

John R. Kimberly
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, 1953–1967

Sidney Kimmel
Jones Apparel Group, 1975–2002

Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company, 1906–1930

Robert J. Kleberg, Sr.
King Ranch, 1885–1932

Anne Klein
Anne Klein & Company, 1968–1974

John W. Kluge
Metromedia, 1959–1986

Joseph P. Knapp
Knapp & Company, 1891–1951

Philip H. Knight
Nike, 1972–Present

Charles F. Knight
Emerson Electric Company, 1973–2000

John S. (Jack) Knight
Knight-Ridder Corporation, 1933–1969

Rose M. Knox
Knox Gelatin Company, 1908–1947

Richard J. Kogan
Schering-Plough Corporation, 1996–2003

Herbert V. Kohler
Kohler Company, 1937–1968

Walter J. Kohler
Kohler Company, 1905–1937

James L. Kraft
Kraft (J. L.) Brothers and Company, 1909–1953

Henry R. Kravis
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, 1984–1996

Sebastian S. Kresge
S. S. Kresge Company, 1907–1925

Samuel H. Kress
S. H. Kress Company, 1896–1924

Raymond A. Kroc
McDonald's Corporation, 1955–1973

Bernard H. Kroger
Kroger's Food Stores, 1883–1928

Daniel J. Krumm
Maytag Corporation, 1974–1992

James R. Kuse
Georgia Gulf Corporation, 1985–1991

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Alden J. Laborde
Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company, 1953–1977

Carl Laemmle
Universal Pictures Corporation, 1912–1936

Harvey H. Lamm
Subaru of America, 1971–1990

William E. LaMothe
Kellogg Company, 1979–1991

Edwin H. Land
Polaroid Corporation, 1937–1980

Mills B. Lane, Jr.
Citizens & Southern National Bank, 1946–1973

George S. Lannom, Jr.
Lannom Manufacturing Company, 1912–1952

William F. Laporte
American Home Products, 1965–1981

Ralph S. Larsen
Johnson & Johnson Company, 1989–2002

Albert D. Lasker
Lord and Thomas, 1912–1942

Estee Lauder
Estee Lauder, 1946–1982

Leonard A. Lauder
Estee Lauder, 1982–1999

Ralph Lauren
Polo, Ralph Lauren, 1968–Present

Mary W. Lawrence
Wells, Rich and Greene, 1966–1990

Charles Lazarus
Toys "R" Us, 1948–1994

Rochelle Lazarus
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, 1997–Present

Fred R. Lazarus, Jr.
Federated Department Stores, 1945–1966

William P. Lear
Lear, 1939–1967

Samuel J. Lefrak
Lefrak Organization, 1948–2003

Alexander Legge
International Harvester Corporation, 1922–1933

Philip Lehman
Lehman Brothers and Company, 1901–1925

Robert Lehman
Lehman Brothers and Company, 1925–1969

Lewis W. Lehr
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1980–1986

William Levitt
Levitt & Sons, 1929–1968

Peter B. Lewis
The Progressive Corporation, 1965–2000

Reginald F. Lewis
TLC Group, 1983–1993

Edward T. Lewis
Essence Communications, 1969–Present

Edmund D. Libbey
Owens Bottle Company, 1903–1925

Louis K. Liggett
United Drug Company, 1904–1943

Josiah K. Lilly
Eli Lilly & Company, 1898–1932

Eli Lilly II
Eli Lilly & Company, 1932–1969

James F. Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Company, 1928–1954

Leroy A. Lincoln
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1936–1951

Carl H. Lindner, Jr.
American Financial Group, 1958–Present

James J. Ling
Ling-Temco-Vought, 1946–1970

Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1926–1940

Royal Little
Textron, 1923–1960

Arthur D. Little
Arthur D. Little, 1909–1935

J. Bruce Llewellyn
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 1985–Present

Marcus Loew
Loew's, 1906–1927

Joseph M. Long
Long's Drug Stores, 1947–1977

Joseph E. Lonning
Kellogg Company, 1971–1978

Francisco A. Lorenzo
Texas Air Corporation, 1972–1990

George H. Love
Consolidation Coal Company, 1944–1956

James S. Love
Burlington Industries, 1923–1948

George W. Lucas
Lucasfilm, Limited, 1971–Present

Henry R. Luce
Time-Life Publications, 1922–1964

Robert P. Luciano
Schering-Plough Corporation, 1982–1995

Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr.
Luckenbach Steamship Company, 1960–1974

Daniel K. Ludwig
National Bulk Carriers, 1936–1987

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Ray W. MacDonald
Burroughs Corporation, 1967–1978

Ian K. MacGregor
AMAX, 1956–1969

William C. MacInnes
TECO Energy, 1954–1967

Kenneth A. Macke
Dayton Hudson Corporation, 1983–1994

John P. Mackey
Whole Foods Market, 1980–Present

Whitney MacMillan
Cargill, 1976–1995

John H. MacMillan, Jr.
Cargill, 1936–1960

Clifford D. Mallory
Mallory (C. D.) and Company, 1919–1941

Henry R. Mallory
Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines, 1907–1915

John C. Malone
Tele-Communications, 1973–1999

Plato Malozemoff
Newmont Mining Corporation, 1954–1986

Morton L. Mandel
Premier Industrial Corporation, 1958–1996

Alfred E. Mann
Pacesetter, 1972–1985

Alex Manoogian
Masco Corporation, 1929–1985

Thomas F. Manville
Johns-Manville Corporation, 1901–1924

Bernard Marcus
Home Depot, 1978–1997

H. Stanley Marcus
Neiman-Marcus Company, 1950–1969

Reuben Mark
Colgate-Palmolive Company, 1984–Present

John W. Marriott
Marriott-Hot Shoppes, 1927–1972

J. Willard Marriott, Jr.
Marriott International, 1972–Present

Forrest E. Mars, Sr.
Mars, 1964–1973

Charles D. Marshall
McClintic and Marshall Construction Company, 1900–1931

Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Company, 1907–1949

Joseph A. Martino
National Lead Company (NL Industries), 1947–1969

Jack C. Massey
Hospital Corporation of America, 1968–1978

Thomas W. Mastin
Lubrizol Corporation, 1972–1982

William G. Mather
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, 1890–1940

Clayton L. Mathile
The Iams Company, 1981–1999

Hamish Maxwell
Philip Morris Companies, 1984–1991

Oscar F. Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Company, 1888–1928

Oscar Gottfried Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Company, 1928–1955

Oscar Gustave Mayer
Oscar Mayer and Company, 1955–1966

Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation, 1924–1951

L. Lowry Mays
Clear Channel Communications, 1972–2004

Elmer H. Maytag
Maytag Corporation, 1926–1940

Frederick L. Maytag
Maytag Corporation, 1909–1921

Frederick L. Maytag II
Maytag Corporation, 1940–1960

Thomas B. McCabe
Scott Paper Company, 1927–1965

Howard H. McClintic
McClintic and Marshall Construction Company, 1900–1931

John J. McCloy
Chase Manhattan Bank, 1953–1969

Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
NationsBank / Bank of America, 1983–2001

C. Peter McColough
Xerox Corporation, 1971–1985

John H. McConnell
Worthington Industries, 1955–1993

David H. McConnell
Avon Products, 1886–1937

David H. McConnell, Jr.
Avon Products, 1937–1944

Mark H. McCormack
International Management Group, 1960–2003

Fowler McCormick
International Harvester Corporation, 1941–1951

Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune, 1914–1955

Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr.
International Harvester Corporation, 1902–1918

Robert F. McDermott
USAA, 1969–1993

James S. McDonnell
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 1939–1967

Dean A. McGee
Kerr-McGee Corporation, 1954–1983

Patrick J. McGovern
International Data Group, 1967–2002

William G. McGowan
MCI Communications, 1968–1985

Donald C. McGraw
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1953–1966

James H. McGraw
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1899–1928

Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1974–1983

Thomas H. McInnerney
National Dairy Products Corporation, 1923–1941

James O. McKinsey
McKinsey & Company, 1925–1937

William L. McKnight
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, 1929–1949

Donald H. McLaughlin
Homestake Mining Company, 1945–1963

Malcolm P. McLean
Sea-Land Service, 1956–1969

Scott G. McNealy
Sun Microsystems, 1982–Present

Rene C. McPherson
Dana Corporation, 1972–1980

George H. Mead
Mead Corporation, 1912–1942

George J. Mecherle
State Farm Insurance, 1922–1937

John G. Medlin, Jr.
Wachovia Corporation, 1977–1993

Andrew W. Mellon
Mellon National Bank, 1882–1921

Richard K. Mellon
Mellon National Bank, 1934–1946

William L. Mellon
Gulf Oil Corporation, 1909–1930

Ward Melville
Melville Corporation, 1922–1963

George W. Merck
Merck & Company, 1925–1955

John Merrick
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1898–1919

Charles E. Merrill
Merrill Lynch & Company, 1940–1956

Andre Meyer
Lazard, Freres and Company, 1943–1979

Morton H. Meyerson
Electronic Data Systems, 1979–1985

Joseph I. Miller
Cummins Engine Company, 1947–1977

Roger Milliken
Milliken & Company, 1947–Present

Lorimer D. Milton
Citizens Trust Bank, 1927–1971

Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank, 1921–1929

David W. Mitchell
Avon Products, 1975–1983

James R. Moffett
Freeport-McMoRan, 1984–2003

Thomas S. Monaghan
Domino's Pizza, 1960–1998

Robert G. Mondavi
Robert Mondavi Winery, 1966–1990

Ambrose Monell
International Nickel Corporation, 1902–1917

Theodore G. Montague
Borden, 1937–1955

William L. Moody, Jr.
Moody (W. L.) & Company Bank, 1920–1954

Gordon E. Moore
Intel, 1974–1987

John P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan and Company, 1861–1913

John P. Morgan, Jr.
J. P. Morgan and Company, 1913–1935

Howard J. Morgens
Procter & Gamble Company, 1957–1974

Charles W. Moritz
Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, 1985–1993

Charles G. Mortimer
General Foods Corporation, 1954–1965

Joy Morton
Morton Salt Company, 1885–1934

Charles S. Mott
Weston-Mott Company, 1903–1913

Walter A. Munns
Smith Kline & French Laboratories, 1958–1967

J. Richard Munro
Time Warner, 1980–1990

Frank A. Munsey
Munsey Publishing House, 1882–1925

Thomas S. Murphy
Capital Cities/ABC, 1966–1990

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Charles W. Nash
Nash Motors Company, 1916–1932

Conde M. Nast
Conde Nast Publications, 1907–1942

Fred M. Nelson
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, 1951–1960

Allen H. Neuharth
Gannett Company, 1973–1986

Louis B. Neumiller
Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1941–1963

Samuel I. Newhouse
Newhouse Publishing, 1921–1979

William H. Nichols
General Chemical Corporation, 1899–1920

John D. Nichols
Illinois Tool Works, 1982–1995

J. Larry Nichols
Devon Energy Corporation, 1980–Present

William Nickerson, Jr.
Golden State Insurance, 1924–1945

Jean Nidetch
Weight Watchers International, 1963–1978

Arthur C. Nielsen
A. C. Nielsen Company, 1923–1957

Edward J. Noble
Life Savers, 1913–1938

Raymond J. Noorda
Novell, 1983–1994

William C. Norris
Control Data Corporation, 1957–1986

Ernest E. Norris
Southern Railway System, 1937–1952

John Ringling North
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1947–1967

John K. Northrop
Northrop Aircraft, 1937–1959

Lucio A. Noto
Mobil Corporation, 1994–1999

Robert N. Noyce
Fairchild Semiconductor, 1957–1968

Donald W. Nyrop
Northwest Airlines, 1954–1978

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Paul H. O'Neill
Alcoa, 1987–1999

Anthony J. F. O'Reilly
H. J. Heinz Company, 1979–1998

Adolph S. Ochs
New York Times, 1896–1935

David M. Ogilvy
Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, 1954–1975

Ransom E. Olds
Reo Motor Car Company, 1904–1915

Kenneth H. Olsen
Digital Equipment Corporation, 1957–1992

Eugene R. Olson
Deluxe Check Printers, 1977–1985

M. Kenneth Oshman
Rolm Corporation, 1969–1984

Harrison G. Otis
Los Angeles Times, 1886–1917

Anthony Overton
Hygienic Manufacturing Company, 1898–1946

Michael Ovitz
Creative Artists Agency, 1974–1995

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David Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company, 1939–1968

Max Palevsky
Scientific Data Systems, 1961–1969

William S. Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System, 1928–1983

Ray T. Parfet, Jr.
Upjohn Company, 1969–1987

William G. Park
Crucible Steel Company, 1900–1909

George S. Parker
Parker Brothers, 1901–1933

John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company, 1884–1921

Eugene M. Patterson
American Machine and Foundry Company, 1941–1962

Rufus L. Patterson
American Machine and Foundry Company, 1900–1941

William A. Patterson
United Airlines, 1934–1963

Joseph M. Patterson
New York Daily News, 1919–1946

Jeno F. Paulucci
Jeno's Frozen Pizza, 1967–1986

James C. Penney
JCPenney Company, 1907–1958

John Pepper
Procter & Gamble Company, 1995–1999

Guy S. Peppiatt
Federal Mogul Corporation, 1950–1969

Franklin P. Perdue
Perdue Farms, 1953–1988

H. Ross Perot
Electronic Data Systems, 1962–1979

Christopher J. Perry
Philadelphia Tribune, 1884–1921

Wallace R. Persons
Emerson Electric Company, 1954–1973

Donald E. Petersen
Ford Motor Company, 1985–1989

LeRoy A. Petersen
Otis Elevator Company, 1945–1966

Milton J. Petrie
Petrie Stores, 1932–1993

John H. Pew
Sun Oil Company, 1912–1947

Joseph N. Pew
Sun Oil Company, 1880–1912

Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company, 1917–1938

Warren H. Phillips
Dow Jones & Company, 1975–1990

Thomas B. Pickens
Mesa Petroleum Company, 1964–1996

Elmer F. Pierson
The Vendo Company, 1937–1974

Charles M. Pigott
PACCAR, 1967–1996

Philip W. Pillsbury
Pillsbury Mills, 1940–1952

Robert A. Pinkerton II
Pinkerton's, 1930–1966

John Pitcairn
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1897–1905

Abe Plough
Plough, 1908–1971

C. William Pollard
ServiceMaster Company, 1983–1993

Alexander M. Poniatoff
Ampex Corporation, 1944–1955

Generoso P. Pope, Jr.
National Enquirer, 1952–1988

Charles W. Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, 1896–1914

Marjorie M. Post
Postum Cereal Company, Limited, 1914–1922

Robert T. Powers
Nalco Chemical Company, 1971–1979

Edmund T. Pratt, Jr.
Pfizer, 1972–1992

Andrew W. Preston
United Fruit Company, 1882–1924

James E. Preston
Avon Products, 1988–1998

Robert E. Price
Price Company, 1976–1993

Larry L. Prince
Genuine Parts Company, 1989–Present

Frederick H. Prince
Chicago Stock Yards Company, 1911–1940

William W. Prince
Armour and Company, 1957–1969

Robert A. Pritzker
Marmon Group, 1953–Present

Donald N. Pritzker
Hyatt Hotels, 1959–1972

Laurence F. Probst, III
Electronic Arts, 1991–Present

Ernesta G. Procope
E. G. Bowman, 1953–Present

William C. Procter
Procter & Gamble Company, 1907–1930

Barbara G. Proctor
Proctor and Gardner Advertising, 1970–1996

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Edgar M. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1928–1960

John F. Queeny
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1901–1928

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Simon Ramo
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, 1953–1958

James H. Rand, Jr.
Remington-Rand Company, 1925–1955

Monroe J. Rathbone
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1960–1965

Thomas M. Rauch
Smith Kline & French Laboratories, 1967–1971

William B. Rayburn
Snap-On, 1984–1988

Lee R. Raymond
Exxon Mobil Corporation, 1993–Present

Sumner M. Redstone
Viacom, 1967–Present

John S. Reed
Citicorp/Citibank, 1984–1998

Donald T. Regan
Merrill Lynch & Company, 1971–1980

John M. Regan, Jr.
Marsh & McLennan, 1973–1985

Helen R. Reid
New York Herald Tribune, 1947–1955

Gordon S. Rentschler
National City Bank, 1929–1940

Frederick B. Rentschler
United Aircraft Corporation, 1928–1934

Stanley B. Resor
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency, 1916–1955

Charles H. Revson
Revlon, 1932–1974

Arthur Reynolds
Continental & Commercial Bank, 1919–1929

Richard J. Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, 1911–1918

Richard S. Reynolds
Reynolds Corporation, 1912–1948

Richard S. Reynolds, Jr.
Reynolds Corporation, 1948–1976

Eugene W. Rhodes
Philadelphia Tribune, 1922–1970

Jean Riboud
Schlumberger, Limited, 1965–1985

Robert E. Rich
Rich Products Corporation, 1945–1978

Earl H. Richardson
Hotpoint Electric Heating Company, 1904–1918

Edward V. Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines, 1938–1953

Cedric H. Rieman
Gardner-Denver Company, 1963–1972

Leonard S. Riggio
Barnes & Noble, 1965–2002

Charles Ringling
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, 1907–1926

David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank, 1969–1980

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1863–1912

Willard F. Rockwell
Rockwell International, 1933–1967

Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.
Rockwell International, 1967–1979

Henry A. Roemer
Sharon Steel Corporation, 1931–1957

Lyle C. Roll
Kellogg Company, 1957–1971

O. Wayne Rollins
Rollins, 1948–1991

Francis C. Rooney, Jr.
Melville Corporation, 1964–1987

Joseph L. Rose
Deluxe Check Printers, 1962–1976

Richard M. Rosenberg
BankAmerica Corporation, 1990–1996

William Rosenthal
Maidenform Brassiere Company, 1924–1958

Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1910–1925

Steven J. Ross
Warner Communications, 1962–1992

William M. Rosson
Conwood Corporation, 1976–1991

James W. Rouse
Rouse Company, 1939–1979

Joseph P. Routh
Pittston Company, 1939–1976

Pete Rozelle
National Football League, 1960–1989

William J. Ruane
Sequoia Fund, 1970–2005

Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein, 1915–1965

Margaret F. Rudkin
Pepperidge Farm, 1937–1960

Michael C. Ruettgers
EMC Corporation, 1992–2001

Donald H. Rumsfeld
Searle (G. D.) and Company, 1977–1985

John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Company, 1907–1917

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Samuel Sachs
Goldman, Sachs and Company, 1904–1928

Walter E. Sachs
Goldman, Sachs and Company, 1928–1959

Harland Sanders
Kentucky Fried Chicken Company, 1956–1964

W. Jeremiah Sanders III
Advanced Micro Devices, 1969–2002

Stephen W. Sanger
General Mills, 1995–Present

David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America, 1930–1966

Clarence Saunders
Piggly Wiggly Stores, 1916–1924

George A. Schaefer
Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1985–1990

Leonard D. Schaeffer
Wellpoint Health Networks, 1992–2004

Nicholas M. Schenck
Loew's, 1927–1955

Jacob H. Schiff
Kuhn, Loeb and Company, 1885–1920

Dorothy Schiff
New York Post, 1943–1976

Robert A. Schoellhorn
Abbott Laboratories, 1979–1989

Howard Schultz
Starbucks Corporation, 1987–2000

Richard M. Schulze
Best Buy, 1966–2002

Charles R. Schwab
Charles Schwab & Company, 1971–2003

Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1904–1916

Barry Schwartz
Calvin Klein, 1968–Present

Frederic N. Schwartz
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 1957–1967

Edward I. Scott
Scott Tissue Company, 1879–1921

Edward W. Scripps
Scripps (E. W.) / United Press International, 1878–1908

John R. Sculley
Apple Computer, 1983–1993

Clarence W. Seamans
Union Typewriter Company, 1893–1910

John G. Searle
Searle (G. D.) and Company, 1936–1972

Richard W. Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1893–1908

Joseph M. Segel
QVC Network, 1986–1992

Frank A. Seiberling
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 1906–1921

Irving S. Shapiro
DuPont Corporation, 1974–1981

Clarence H. Shaver
United States Gypsum, 1951–1966

Dorothy Shaver
Lord and Taylor, 1945–1959

Dennis Sheedy
Globe Smelting and Refining Company, 1889–1910

Robert B. Shetterly
Clorox Company, 1969–1980

Vincent R. Shiely
Briggs & Stratton Corporation, 1970–1977

Walter V. Shipley
Chase Manhattan/Chemical Bank, 1983–1999

Charles R. Shoemate
CPC International (BestFoods), 1990–1998

Leonard S. Shoen
U-Haul Rental System, 1945–1986

Lee Shubert
Shubert Theater Corporation, 1905–1953

Thomas M. Siebel
Siebel Systems, 1993–2004

Muriel Siebert
Muriel Siebert & Company, 1967–Present

Herbert J. Siegel
Chris-Craft Industries, 1968–Present

Igor I. Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft, 1923–1957

Russell Simmons
Def Jam Records / Rush Communications, 1983–Present

Norton W. Simon
Hunt Foods & Industries, 1942–1968

John R. Simplot
Simplot (J. R.) Corporation, 1928–1994

Naomi Sims
Naomi Sims Collections, 1973–1985

Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Oil and Refining Company, 1916–1948

James D. Sinegal
Costco Wholesale Corporation, 1988–Present

Henry E. Singleton
Teledyne, 1960–1986

Robert F. Six
Continental Airlines, 1938–1980

Herbert A. Sklenar
Vulcan Materials Company, 1986–1997

Matthew S. Sloan
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, 1933–1944

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
General Motors Corporation, 1923–1937

John G. Smale
Procter & Gamble Company, 1981–1990

Roger B. Smith
General Motors Corporation, 1981–1990

Goff Smith
Amsted Industries, 1974–1980

Elwyn L. Smith
Smith-Corona-Marchant Corporation, 1951–1960

Hurlburt W. Smith
Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company, 1924–1933

Wilbert L. Smith
Smith-Corona (L. C.) Typewriter Company, 1910–1924

Cyrus R. Smith
American Airlines, 1934–1968

Frederick W. Smith
Federal Express Corporation, 1973–Present

Robert H. Sorensen
Perkin-Elmer, 1977–1984

William F. Souder, Jr.
Marsh & McLennan, 1969–1973

Joseph P. Spang, Jr.
Gillette Company, 1938–1955

Charles C. Spaulding
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1923–1952

Henry B. Spencer
Fruit Growers Express, 1920–1948

Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway System, 1894–1906

John G. Sperling
Apollo Group, 1976–2001

Elmer A. Sperry
Sperry Gyroscope Company, 1910–1929

Steven Spielberg
Amblin Entertainment / DreamWorks, 1980–Present

Philip Sporn
American Electric Power Company, 1947–1961

John R. Stafford
American Home Products, 1986–2001

Harold Stanley
Morgan, Stanley and Company, 1935–1955

Robert C. Stanley
International Nickel Corporation, 1922–1951

Ellsworth M. Statler
Statler Hotels, 1907–1928

Alfred N. Steele
PepsiCo, 1950–1959

William Steere, Jr.
Pfizer, 1991–2000

Charles H. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1896–1919

Henry Z. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1957–1980

Theodore E. Steinway
Steinway and Sons, 1919–1957

Thomas G. Stemberg
Staples, 1986–2002

Ross S. Sterling
Humble Oil and Refining Company, 1911–1919

David J. Stern
National Basketball Association, 1984–Present

Edward R. Stettinius
Diamond Match Company, 1909–1915

Robert T. B. Stevens
J. P. Stevens and Company, 1929–1974

Whitney Stevens
J. P. Stevens and Company, 1979–1988

Lyman Stewart
Union Oil Company, 1894–1914

William L. Stewart
Union Oil Company, 1914–1930

James Stillman
National City Bank, 1891–1909

William P. Stiritz
Ralston Purina Company, 1981–1997

James E. Stowers, Jr.
American Century Companies, 1958–Present

Robert A. Stranahan, Jr.
Champion Spark Plug Company, 1955–1986

Jack I. Straus
Macy (R. H.) and Company, 1940–1956

Jesse I. Straus
Macy (R. H.) and Company, 1919–1933

Harold L. Stuart
Halsey, Stuart and Company, 1911–1966

Dwight L. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1973–1983

Elbridge A. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1901–1932

Elbridge H. Stuart
Carnation Company, 1932–1971

John Stuart
Quaker Oats Company, 1922–1956

Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Quaker Oats Company, 1966–1981

John E. Swearingen
Standard Oil of Indiana, 1960–1983

Louis F. Swift
Swift and Company, 1903–1931

Gustavus F. Swift, Jr.
Swift and Company, 1931–1937

Gerard Swope
General Electric Company, 1922–1939

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Charles D. Tandy
Tandy Corporation, 1950–1978

Henry Taub
Automatic Data Processing, 1949–1969

Walter C. Teagle
Standard Oil of New Jersey, 1917–1937

R. David Thomas
Wendy's International, 1969–1982

Seth E. Thomas, Jr.
Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1919–1931

John P. Thompson
Southland Corporation, 1961–1986

James W. Thompson
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency, 1878–1916

Joe C. Thompson, Jr.
Southland Corporation, 1931–1961

Charles B. (Tex) Thornton
Litton Industries, 1953–1961

Robert L. Tillman
Lowe's Companies, 1996–Present

Laurence A. Tisch
Loew's, 1961–1999

Randall L. Tobias
Eli Lilly & Company, 1993–1998

Rose Totino
Totino's Pizza, 1951–1975

Henry R. Towne
Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, 1868–1916

Jane Trahey
Trahey Advertising, 1960–1975

James G. Treybig
Tandem Computers, 1974–1995

Juan T. Trippe
Pan American World Airways, 1927–1969

Alex Trotman
Ford Motor Company, 1993–1998

Donald J. Trump
Trump Organization, 1975–Present

Daniel P. Tully
Merrill Lynch & Company, 1993–1997

Robert E. (Ted) Turner
Turner Communications, 1963–1996

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Erwin C. Uihlein
Schlitz Brewing Company, 1933–1961

John T. Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Company, 1903–1927

Frederick D. Underwood
Erie Railroad, 1901–1926

E. Gifford Upjohn
Upjohn Company, 1953–1961

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P. Roy Vagelos
Merck & Company, 1985–1994

Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph, 1907–1919

Jay Van Andel
Amway Corporation, 1959–1992

John W. Van Dyke
Atlantic Refining Company, 1911–1927

Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank, 1909–1919

Watson H. Vanderploeg
Kellogg Company, 1940–1956

Robert L. Vann
Pittsburgh Courier, 1910–1940

Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive, 1919–1929

Guy W. Vaughan
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company, 1935–1949

Lillian M. Vernon (Katz)
Lillian Vernon Corporation, 1951–Present

Michael A. Volkema
Herman Miller, 1995–Present

Ernest H. Volwiler
Abbott Laboratories, 1950–1958

Diane S. M. von Furstenberg
Diane von Furstenberg, Ltd, 1970–Present

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Linda J. Wachner
Warnaco, 1986–Present

Theodore W. Waitt
Gateway, 1985–1999

Charles R. Walgreen
Walgreen Company, 1909–1939

Charles R. Walgreen III
Walgreen Company, 1969–1998

Charles R. Walgreen, Jr.
Walgreen Company, 1939–1969

Maggie L. Walker
St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, 1903–1930

Madam C. J. Walker
Walker Manufacturing Company, 1906–1919

Dwane L. Wallace
Cessna Aircraft Company, 1936–1975

James C. Wallace
American Ship Building Company, 1904–1913

DeWitt Wallace
Reader's Digest, 1921–1973

Henry G. Walter, Jr.
International Flavors & Fragrances, 1962–1985

Samuel M. Walton
Wal-Mart Corporation, 1962–1988

John Wanamaker
John Wanamaker and Company, 1875–1922

An Wang
Wang Laboratories, 1951–1981

Charles B. Wang
Computer Associates International, 1976–2000

J. Basil Ward
Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation, 1952–1966

Ralph E. Ward
Chesebrough-Pond's, 1968–1987

Solomon D. Warfield
Seaboard Air Line Railroad, 1912–1927

Harry M. Warner
Warner Brothers Pictures, 1923–1958

Lew R. Wasserman
Music Corporation of America, 1946–1994

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
IBM, 1955–1971

Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
IBM, 1914–1955

Orlando F. Weber
Allied Chemical and Dye Company, 1920–1935

Sanford I. Weill
Travelers Group/CitiGroup, 1986–2003

Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation, 1929–1957

Sigfried Weis
Weis Markets, 1961–1994

John F. Welch, Jr.
General Electric Company, 1981–2001

Henry Wendt
SmithKline Beckman, 1982–1989

Jann S. Wenner
Rolling Stone Magazine, 1967–Present

Kenneth T. Wessner
ServiceMaster Company, 1975–1983

George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Company, 1885–1911

Leslie Wexner
Limited (The), Inc., 1963–Present

George H. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1966–1999

John P. Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1914–1928

John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, 1946–1956

Walter H. Wheeler, Jr.
Pitney-Bowes, 1938–1971

Uncas A. Whitaker
AMP, 1941–1971

Carl E. Wickman
Greyhound Corporation, 1930–1946

Albert H. Wiggin
Chase National Bank, 1911–1930

Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1910–1941

Joseph D. Williams
Warner-Lambert Corporation, 1985–1991

Langbourne M. Williams, Jr.
Freeport Sulphur Company, 1933–1958

Charles Erwin Wilson
General Motors Corporation, 1941–1953

Thornton A. Wilson
Boeing Company, 1969–1986

Charles Edward Wilson
General Electric Company, 1940–1950

C. Kemmons Wilson
Holiday Inns of America, 1951–1979

Joseph C. Wilson II
Xerox Corporation, 1946–1971

Charles D. Wiman
Deere & Company, 1928–1955

Oprah G. Winfrey
Harpo Productions, 1988–Present

Henry S. Wingate
International Nickel Corporation, 1954–1960

Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company, 1899–1917

Sidney W. Winslow, Jr.
United Shoe Machinery Company, 1927–1939

Paul B. Wishart
Honeywell, 1953–1960

William M. Wood
American Woolen Mills Company, 1899–1926

Richard D. Wood
Eli Lilly & Company, 1973–1991

Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck & Company, 1928–1954

Robert W. Woodruff
Coca-Cola Company, 1923–1955

Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.
DuPont Corporation, 1989–1995

Clarence M. Woolley
American Radiator Company, 1902–1924

Charles S. Woolworth
Woolworth (F. W.) and Company, 1919–1944

Frank W. Woolworth
Woolworth (F. W.) and Company, 1879–1919

Horace C. Wright
Sunbeam Corporation, 1935–1961

Joseph S. Wright
Zenith Radio Corporation, 1959–1976

Philip K. Wrigley
William Wrigley Jr. Company, 1925–1961

William Wrigley III
William Wrigley Jr. Company, 1961–1999

William Wrigley, Jr.
William Wrigley Jr. Company, 1892–1925

Walter B. Wriston
Citibank/CitiCorp, 1967–1984

Alan L. Wurtzel
Circuit City Stores, 1973–1986

Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.
Coastal Corporation, 1955–1997

Y

Jerry Yang
Yahoo!, 1995–Present

John A. Young
Hewlett-Packard Company, 1978–1992

Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, 1937–1954

Walter R. Young, Jr.
Champion Enterprises, 1990–2003

Z

Alfred M. Zeien
Gillette Company, 1991–1999

Samuel M. Zemurray
United Fruit Company, 1938–1951

Vincent C. Ziegler
Gillette Company, 1965–1973

Adolph Zukor
Paramount Pictures, 1916–1966

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